Politician and writer Dr. Shashi Tharoor criticises in his book “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” the British colonial rule of India and their apologists. I spoke to him on the matter. Link to the article In seinem Buch An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India kritisiert der Politiker und Autor Dr.…

Dear Charmaine, I go by many names. If you want, call me Felix Krull, Hauptmann Köperick, der gestiefelte Kater, the talented Mr. Ripley, William Abagnale Junior – I am not what I am, but who you want me to be.

Day in and day out, we are confronted by ‘the other’, especially in times of globalisation. We encounter it disguised as other cultures, languages, sexes, in art, nature, as well as in love; on the micro or macro level, as individuals or identity groups such as nation states. According to developmental psychology, the other is…